Adequate Manpower’ll Boost AOC Issuance – Airline Chief

The Chief Executive Officer (COE) of West Link Airlines, Mr. Ibrahim Mshelia has advocated for additional manpower in the regulatory authority of the aviation industry to reduce time spent to acquire Air Operators Certificate (AOC) in the country.

Mr. Mshelia explained that it took his company years to obtain the AOC because of delays associated with the process especially with regard to documentations and manpower requirement.

West link Airlines Chief Executive told newsmen recently in Lagos that documentation errors before communication to Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), would be corrected with adequate manpower.

“Sometimes we make errors in our documentation and it takes time to communicate it to the NCAA and time to communicate back.

What I gathered in the system is not new to any of us, when the system has enough manpower, perhaps it may cut down on the time spent to acquire the AOC”, he said.

According to him, the operator too is also a problem, if a document is giving to be returned in a day and it takes a week, the operator is equally delaying himself.

Mr. Mshelia narrated what the airline painstakingly went through in an effort to do things exceptionally from other airlines and give its clientele and passengers the best of services.

The chief executive declared, “I wouldn’t say it will be different, we would definitely do things differently because our purpose is to replicate what we see when we travel out. Our local carriers over the years have tried our best, we are not saying they are not doing well, we are saying there is room for improvement”.

He observed that there are airlines that will bring improvement in the system, adding that his establishment was putting things in proper place to make sure that the airline distinguishes itself in the industry.